Method of making articles of paper



March 7, 1933. BE F, KI V I 1,900,257

METHOD OF MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER Filed Oct. 1, 1931 Ff? I I INVENTOR.

' ATTORNEY.

Patented 7 Mar. 7, 1 933 UNITE-P55TBS I -TEN F CE BENJAMIN r. rnaxrns, or noLYoxn MAssAon sEr'rs, AssIeNon To AMERICAN TISSUE MILLS, or noLYoKn-MAssAcHUsETTs. aconrona'rron'or MAssAoHUsE'ms r VMETZI-IIOD F MAKrNehnTm'LEs-oF- PAPER Application. filed October 1.1931.v Serial No.5e6',196.:

This invention relates to improvements in methods for making articles from paper to simulate fabric.

The principal objects of the invention are withalter'nate ridges and grooves which may directed to the improvements in methods for making paper articles to simulate similarv articles of fabric. I

Various novel features and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter more fully referred to in connection with the accompanying description of the preferred form of the invention which for purposes of disclosure is illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein: i

Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic plan View of a pair of'rolls with webs passing 'therebetween in accordance with the novel method of the invention.

Fig.2 is a diagrammatic elevational view to explain the novel features of the invention.

Fig.3 is an enlarged fragmentary section- I al view through the end portions of coacting rolls such as are used to tion, and t Fig. 4 is a partial sectional view through an article made in accordance with the invention to explain certain novel features thereof. Referring now to the drawing more in detail the invention will be fully described.

According to the novel features of this invention in its broad aspect I provide a methpractice the invenod for making articles such as napkins, hand- I kerchiefs and the like from paper so that they simulate similar articles made from fabric.

According to certain features of the invention the paper material is acted upon in such a way. that the finished product has all the desirable qualities of fabric in that it is soft,

In carrying out the invention I superpose plies or webs of crepe paper and this may be done by leading a web or web-s 'W of crepe paper from rolls 3 thereof andpassing the same between coacting pressurerolls 2,

I preferably use crepe paper because since it is creped-it is more or lesspliableand flex ible. In this waythepaper lends itself tothe treatment or action of the rolls. 7

The rolls 2 and 2 are preferably provided be done by engraving, etchingor byrany suitable; means. The alternate. grooves and ridges are arranged to extend circumferene tially of the, roll as well as longitudinally thereof, and are so arranged as to simulate the interwoven elements of a'fabric such as for instance the warp and weft elements of woven linen or the like.

The rolls 2 are so set that the superposed webs W passing therethrough are pressed togetherso that they, adhere or stick together and form a laminated web. It is pref-' erable that the webs be joined substantially throughout-their area so that one web is not the rolls they are relieved of pressure along these grooves sothat as' at R in Fig. 4 the webs are more or less separated to provide a raised border alongthemarginal edges of the'combined Webs.

The superposed joined. together webs indicated by S may be cut along lines indicated at 9lto provide separate articles such as nap kins, handkerchiefs, and. the like. The rolls may be provided with co-operating cutting devices for severing the webs orit maybe separated-in anyother convenient manner.

By employmg crepe paper, as has been explained, the webs before theya-re joined together'are of course flexible and extremely pliable so that during the pressing and'marking step thewebsmay readily receive the l plies markings from the rolls. The indentations of the creped web are caused to interlock so that the webs are secured together to form the composite web.

By thus employing the relatively soft, fluffy and readily pliable crepe paper and then finishing the surfaces thereof with a design to simulate a fabric, the composite web is not only pliable and fluffy and has the soft feel of fabric, but it has the appearance thereof as well. I 1

It has been possible to produce composite webs after the manner of the invention which not onl simulate in every respect a web of fabric, ut when out to proper size and shape there have been provided handkerchiefs, napkins, and the like of paper which are equal to those of fabric in that they are soft, fluffy and pliable. In fact, in some cases, they are superior to handkerchiefs and napkins made from many kinds offabric, while the cost thereof is of course much less.

Having described the invention in the form at present preferred, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. The method of producing handkerchiefs and the like from paper tosimulate woven linen Which consists in, subjecting superposed webs of crepe paper to the action of coasting pressure rolls which have the surfaces thereof provided with alternate grooves and ridges arranged to simulate woven linen and being provided with grooves so as to press the webs together outside said grooves to form a united composite web with substantial areas thereof joined together and having separated portions at spaced intervals.

2. The method of producing handkerchiefs and the like from paper to simulate woven fabric which consists in, subjecting superposed webs of paper to the action of coacting pressure rolls which have thesurfaces thereof provided with alternate grooves and ridges simulating woven fabric and being provided with co-operating spaced grooves so as to press the webs together outside said grooves to form a united composite web with substantial. areas thereof joined together and simulating woven fabric and having separated portions at spaced intervals. 1

3. The method of producing handkerchiefs and the like from crepe paper tosimulate Woven fabric which consists in, superposing of crepe paper'and subjecting them to the action of pressure rolls, the said rolls having marking surfaces provided with alternate grooves and ridges to simulate woven fabric and coacting spaced grooves arranged circumferentially and longitudinally of said rolls,

whereby the plies are pressed and joined together by said rolls throughout the substantial area thereof by the marking surfaces ofthe rolls to simulate fabric and have separated portions formed by the grooves in said rolls which surround the said substantial areas.

4. A paper handkerchief or the like comprising in combination, layers of crepe paper in superposed relation impressed with interlocked alternate grooves and ridges simulating woven fabric holding the layers together throughout a substantial area of the layers which area is surrounded by separated portions of the layers adjacent the marginal edges of the handkerchief. V

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

BENJAMIN F. PERKINS. 

